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Many metro stations use escalator stairs manufactured by ROMU as a primary way to access the underground platforms. | Many metro stations use escalator stairs manufactured by ROMU as a primary way to access the underground platforms. | ||
ROMU also contracts large gantry cranes and has two models, a larger model used at the turbine hall and reactor hall of the [[Npp|Black Rock Nuclear Power Plant]], and a smaller model with lifting capacity of 16 tons. | ROMU also contracts large gantry cranes and has two models, a larger model used at the turbine hall and reactor hall of the [[Npp|Black Rock Nuclear Power Plant]], and a smaller model with lifting capacity of 16 tons, that is used at the steel rolling hall of [[Stalburg Steel]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The name ''ROMU'' is Finnish for ''scrap, junk'', while it originates from ''romista'', meaning ''to crash, make a crashing sound''. | *The name ''ROMU'' is Finnish for ''scrap, junk'', while it originates from ''romista'', meaning ''to crash, make a crashing sound''. | ||
**The company itself is inspired by a real Finnish elevator and escalator manufacturer called KONE. | **The company itself is inspired by a real Finnish elevator and escalator manufacturer called KONE. | ||